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Report: Over 120 Churches Damaged by War in Syria Since 2011 | Voice of America - English

Voanews - 2019-09-10 01:37

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Churches in Raqqa being restored

ANF - 2019-08-20 20:11The war destroyed most buildings, including schools and churches. The Martyrs’ Church was completely destroyed as a result of military operations in the city. ... 10

Rehabilitation of the first church in Al-Raqqa

SDF Press - 2019-08-17 23:45Al-Raqqa—the ancient churches and mosques are a symbolic image of the city and its people. Building of churches was to equate Muslims and Christians, who are an integral part of the fabric of the city of Al-Raqqa. (The two Martyrs’ Churches, known for the ... 10

Sri Lanka bombings: Van explodes near church day after 200+ killed in blasts at churches, hotels [Video]

Death toll in Sri Lanka roars to 290

Waar Media - 2019-04-22 12:42 WAAR_DUHOK Death toll from the multiple explosions targeting on churches and hotels has risen to 290 in Sri Lanka, according to local media on early Monday. According to Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a total of 290 people were killed and over 500 ... 2

Islamist Turkey seizes ALL Christian churches in city and declares them 'state property' | World | News | Express.co.uk

BAS News - 2019-01-07 10:07 ERBIL — A group of Iraqi Christian lawmakers are calling on parliament to launch an investigation into the case of “illegal” sale of some churches in Baghdad and other provinces. MP Joseph Slewa recently revealed that a church in Baghdad was sold after i ... 79

Last Mosul Christians in Erbil IDP camp still dream of return

Rûdaw - 2018-11-25 02:51"Our homes and churches have been destroyed. How can we return to Mosul?" ... 45

Iraq Reluctant to Help Christians in Ninevah Plains Reconstruct Their Holy Sites

BAS News - 2018-08-07 21:58 ERBIL - Even though the Iraqi government had promised to allocate a total of IQD 51 billion from its 2017 budget bill for the reconstruction of the Christian churches and holy sites in the Ninevah plains, the decision is yet to be put into action, an off ... 45

Iraqi forces raid two churches in Nineveh, disrupt internet: Report

Kurdistan24 - 2018-07-13 21:17A church in the town of Bartella, in Iraq's Nineveh Province, after being liberated from the Islamic State (IS), Oct. 20, 2016. (Photo: Kurdistan 24) ... 6

Turkey Is Accusing American Churches of Conspiracy in Case Against Andrew Brunson, Sen. Tillis Says

Christianpost - 2018-05-17 23:17

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Surabaya church attacks: Indonesian family of bombers 'had been to Syria'

BBC - 2018-05-14 00:06IS claimed Sunday's attack on churches in Indonesia, carried out by parents and their children. ... 33

Churches in Koya don’t meet needs of Kurdistan’s Christians

Rûdaw - 2018-03-13 08:48"They are disproportionate to the number of Christians ... 22

ANHA - 2018-01-25 09:49The Catholic Synod in Aleppo prayers , asked for wishes and calls to support the fighters and protect the people of Afrin canton, appealed Pope Francis, the patron of the world's Christian churches, to put pressure on foreign governments to stop the Turki ... 34

Chile churches attacked before Pope Francis visit

BBC - 2018-01-13 00:01It is unclear who is responsible, but some messages left behind threatened Pope Francis directly. ... 31

BAS News - 2017-11-23 23:33 ERBIL — A Christian representative at the Kurdistan Region Parliament has appealed to the Iraqi government and Kurdistan Region to allocate a special budget to reconstruct the churches the Islamic State (IS) militants have destroyed across the Nineveh Pl ... 64

Peshmerga Prevented US Delegation Get Abducted by Shi'ite Militias: Official

BAS News - 2017-08-23 20:12 ERBIL— Thanks to Kurdistan Peshmerga forces, a delegation of representatives from the US and Canadian churches survived an abduction attempt by the Shi'ite Hashd al-Shaabi forces on Monday, said an Kurdish official. Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)'s off ... 87

Philippines Catholics oppose drug killings

BBC - 2017-08-23 00:02Churches in Cubao will ring their bells every night in protest against President Duterte's war on drugs. ... 84

BAS News - 2017-08-21 15:40 ERBIL — The Shi’ite Arab militias of Hashd al-Shaabi assaulted a delegation of American and Canadian Churches while visiting Christian areas in Nineveh Plain. Mariwan Naqshbandi, head of the Department for Religious Coexistence of KRG’s Ministry of Endow ... 47

8 Churches in Baghdad close in 2017 as threatened Christian population in Iraq shrinks

Islamic State Blows Up Historic Mosul Mosque Where It Declared “Caliphate”

IS eliminated all Shiites, Christians and Ismailis belongings

ANHA - 2017-06-19 17:24During their occupation of al-Tabqa city, IS mercenaries eliminated all aspects of religious diversity, and destroyed churches and the Shiite sect's mosques, in addition to places of worship that belong to Ismaili sect. ... 55

Egypt: Explosions hit churches, casualties reported

ISIS claims responsibility for the two attacks on churches in Egypt

Orient News - 2017-04-10 02:02

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Deadly blasts hit Coptic churches in Tanta, Alexandria

Kurdiu - 2017-04-09 20:22

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Twin bombings ‘kill at least 31’ at Egyptian churches on Palm Sunday

Waar Media - 2017-04-09 20:19 WAAR-DUHOK: An explosion in front of a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Sunday has killed at least six people, the health ministry said. The blast comes hours after at 25 people died in a bomb attack inside a church north of Cairo. There was ... 2

ISIS claims responsibility for two Egypt church attacks: Amaq

Waar Media - 2017-04-09 20:19 WAAR-DUHOK: Islamic State was responsible for two church bombings in Egypt on Sunday that killed at least 36 and injured over 100, the group’s news agency Amaq said. “A group that belongs to Islamic State carried out the two attacks on the churches in th ...

Chief to Kurdish presidency: Diversity unites, not weakens Kurdistan

Kenya detains two suspected members of Somali Islamist group

Reuters - 2017-01-10 19:56NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police have arrested two suspected members of the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab for planning attacks on churches and other sites in Nairobi, police said on Tuesday. ...

We Will Rebuild Your Torched Churches, Egyptian President Tells Christians

Aranews - 2016-01-01 02:21ARA News HASAKAH – Assyrian Churches in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah mourned the victims of the ISIS-led terror attacks in Qamishli city by canceling celebrations of New Year’s Eve. The extremist group of Islamic State (ISIS) on Thursday claim ... 1

Islamic State Militants Destroy Assyrian Churches Northern Syria

Syrian churches under fire

Aranews - 2015-04-30 14:21ARA News Derik, Syria ــ Since the onset of the anti-Assad uprising of March 2011, the Syrian Human Rights Network (SHRN) has documented 69 churches targeted by the various conflicting parties in the country. The network reported that the Syrian regime’s ...

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